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“Moses and Joshua Bowing Before the Ark” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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A building is just a building. The magic is what happens inside it.

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 17, 2023March 16, 2023

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Vayakhel-Pekudei Exodus 35:1–40:38 When the Jewish people were about to build their first synagogue — […]

Detail from an illustration in "Figures de la Bible" (1728) shows the two cherubim facing each other on top of the ark.
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Here it is, a Divine truth: See the good in Jews you don’t agree with

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 12, 2021March 12, 2021
The ark doors at Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin, Texas, mimic an ancient depiction of the Hebrew calendar. (Photo/Rabbi Neil Blumofe)
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It could be easy to lose sense of time during the coronavirus pandemic. Jewish tradition has an antidote for that.

Rabbi Benjamin Resnick by Rabbi Benjamin Resnick March 25, 2020March 25, 2020
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
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Two little biblical letters that ‘mean nothing but express everything’

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 20, 2020March 19, 2020
a 19th century painting of the scene
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